In its second day of encroachment clearance drive, Raichur City Municipal Council (CMC) cleared more than 25 properties between Netaji Circle and BRB Circle in Raichur on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, six encroached properties were cleared along the same stretch.
The residents who had encroached upon the roadside drains to build compound wall and other structures came forward to assist the CMC staff in the clearance drive. In other incidents, people voluntarily cleared the encroachments.
Expressing happiness over people’s cooperation for the encroachment clearance drive, Deputy Commissioner S. Sasikant Senthil reassured that the house repairing charges would be provided to those who have partially lost their structures in the drive.
“As we had assured earlier, a compensation of Rs. 3,000 for each square meter of encroachment cleared would be provided to the concerned parties. Those who will lose entire house in the drive would be put on priority in government housing schemes,” Mr. Senthil told presspersons at his office.
144 Section
Mr. Senthil said that Section 144 had been imposed on Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal (TLBC) to prevent the famers from diverting the canal-water to their fields so that Ganekal balancing reservoir and Rampur tank, from where drinking water was supplied to Raichur, could be filled.
As many as 100 villages across the district, he added, are facing drinking water problem and around 35 villages may face drinking water crisis during midsummer. “The district administration is gearing up preparations for handling any possible water crisis in any of the villages. Over 30 tanks and ponds downstream of 93rd mile point on TLBC have already been filled,” he said. A proposal seeking Rs. 16 crore under contingency plan for taking up drinking water projects has been sent to the government, he added.
